420 chronological table
June: the Venetians in Constantinople choose Marino Geno as their
podestà and dominator in Romania.
June: Tomasso Morosini, in Venice to take ship for Constantinople, is
forced to take the same oath as the 15 Venetian canons of St Sophia.
Late in the month he arrives in Constantinople for the first time.
August: Euboea divided into triarchies by Boniface of Montferrat.
August: Innocent iii offers plenary indulgence for any crusaders going
to Constantinople.
19 November: in a letter noting the election of the first Latin
archbishop of Patras, the Pope acknowledged William de Champlitte as
“princeps totius Achaiae”.
1206 Venetians occupy Modon and Coron in Messenia.
17 March: agreement between the regent and the church authorities in
Constantinople that the Latin Church will receive an endowment of
one-fifteenth of conquered lands in Romania.
April–September: Nivelon de Cherissy recruiting a crusading army for
Constantinople in north-eastern France and Flanders.
July: death of Baldwin of Flanders in Bulgarian captivity reported in
Constantinople.
12 August: archbishop elect of Thebes mentioned for first time.
20 August: Henry of Flanders crowned as second Latin emperor by
Morosini.
27 November: first mention of archbishop-elect of Athens.
December: Nivelon de Cherissy appointed in absentia as first Latin
archbishop of Thessalonica.
1207 July: Venice grants Corfu, which she owned by the terms of the Partitio,
to ten Venetian nobles. Naxos and Andros captured by Marco Sanudo
and relatives.
4 September: Boniface of Montferrat killed by the Bulgarians near
Mosynopolis.
September: Nivelon de Cherissy dies at Bari, apparently leading a cru-
sading army to aid the Latin Empire.
1208 Early: small crusading army sent by Philip of Namur and lead by Peter
of Douai arrives.
July: Latin episcopal structure extended to Thessaly. Dispute over the
payment of tithes develops between the Latin clergy and Frankish
lords. Latin rite to be used in all episcopal consecrations in Romania.
September: Emperor Henry defeats Greeks at the battle of Voulae.
December: Henry marches to Thessalonica and places Boniface’s young
son Demetrios on the throne.